Objective: The GREEN ELECTRIC HOUSE (Special thanks from Ms. Gende for her creative ideas)
Your team will design and construct an electric house entirely fromrecycled materials with separate series, parallel, and complex circuits.
The house will consist of one or two stories. Each house will contain at least the following areas: one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen, a porch, a front door, and a living room/dining room area.
Each individual room will be illuminated by its own light.
Materials:
Your team will provide the materials needed for the house frame, glue, additional tools, decorations, furniture and the batteries.(Also, old Christmas lights and a card (or toy) with sound card )
You will receive: - Ten small light bulbs - Insulated wire- A motor - Button - - Soldering iron
Requirements:
- The house dimensions are approximately: 24" by 36" horizontally or vertically. The 'science fair' tri-fold foam board is an excellent material for building the house.
Each house will be wired with 5 different circuits as follows:
- The living room area must have a chandelier with at least two lights in a SERIES CIRCUIT with a switch.
- The house must have one PARALLEL CIRCUIT consisting of a switch and at least two lights.
- The house must have one COMBINATION CIRCUIT consisting of two switches and at least three lights.
- The front door must have a doorbell (sound card) and a switch.
- The use of the motor is open-ended, that is, you will incorporate the motor in the house in a creative manner. Some ideas are: an elevator, a ceiling fan or a garage door Scoring Rubric:
The score of your project consists of 140 points divided into two:
I. Group Project = 100 points
Meeting minimum construction requirements: Neat house assembly, four rooms, and a porch = 20 pts Successfully meeting series circuit minimum requirements = 10 pts Successfully meeting parallel circuit minimum requirements = 20 pts Successfully meeting complex circuit minimum requirements = 20 pts Successfully meeting doorbell requirement = 10 pts Successfully incorporating the motor = 20 pts
II. Individual Project = 40 points
- Drawing and schematic of every circuit combination = 20 pts - Calculations and measurements of voltage and current = 20 pts
Objective:
The GREEN ELECTRIC HOUSE (Special thanks from Ms. Gende for her creative ideas)
Your team will design and construct an electric house entirely from recycled materials with separate series, parallel, and complex circuits.
The house will consist of one or two stories. Each house will contain at least the following areas: one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen, a porch, a front
door, and a living room/dining room area.
Each individual room will be illuminated by its own light.
Materials:
Your team will provide the materials needed for the house frame, glue, additional tools, decorations, furniture and the batteries.(Also, old Christmas lights and a card (or toy) with sound card )
You will receive:
- Ten small light bulbs
- Insulated wire - A motor
- Button -
- Soldering iron
Requirements:
- The house dimensions are approximately: 24" by 36" horizontally or
vertically. The 'science fair' tri-fold foam board is an excellent material for
building the house.
Each house will be wired with 5 different circuits as follows:
- The living room area must have a chandelier with at least two lights in a
SERIES CIRCUIT with a switch.
- The house must have one PARALLEL CIRCUIT consisting of a switch and at
least two lights.
- The house must have one COMBINATION CIRCUIT consisting of two
switches and at least three lights.
- The front door must have a doorbell (sound card) and a switch.
- The use of the motor is open-ended, that is, you will incorporate the motor
in the house in a creative manner. Some ideas are: an elevator, a ceiling
fan or a garage door
Scoring Rubric:
The score of your project consists of 140 points divided into two:
I. Group Project = 100 points
Meeting minimum construction requirements:
Neat house assembly, four rooms, and a porch = 20 pts
Successfully meeting series circuit minimum requirements = 10 pts
Successfully meeting parallel circuit minimum requirements = 20 pts
Successfully meeting complex circuit minimum requirements = 20 pts
Successfully meeting doorbell requirement = 10 pts
Successfully incorporating the motor = 20 pts
II. Individual Project = 40 points
- Drawing and schematic of every circuit combination = 20 pts
- Calculations and measurements of voltage and current = 20 pts
Bonus for creativity and/or ingenuity = 20 pts Example house - http://drewmarielle.homestead.com/house.html